Weird boot problem??

[Net Llama!]

On Mon, 10 Feb 2003, Michael Fakaro wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 07:13, Net Llama! wrote:
> > On Mon, 10 Feb 2003, David A. Bandel wrote:
>
> >
> > > with his XFS chant.  But you definitely want to move you system to XFS
> > > at the first opportunity.  Check the steps and consider moving. XFS will
> > > be included in the 2.6 kernel when it comes out.  Move to XFS and say
> > > goodbye to fsck forever.
> >
> > I agree 100%.  I think either you are starting to see a subtle hardware
> > problem, or you hit one of the many ext2/3 bugs out there.
> >
>
> One of the reasons I moved to Red Hat 8 was to use ext3 because it was
> journaled, it was my belief this would substantially reduce my chances
> of corruption, my Caldera 3.1.1 is ext2 but it sure saved my butt.
>
> What your saying is that move to ext3 is still leaving me open to
> corruption for no reason. That being the case it should be a no brainer
> to go to XFS.
>
> But is XFS ready for prime time?? or should I wait to make any big
> changes till kernel 2.6.
>
> I am not that adept at the mechanics of Linux yet, but love using it and
> wouldn't switch for anything. So am I better off waiting till say Red
> Hat 8.1 or whatever that will make these changes for me.
>
> Sorry about being long winded, I just don't want to get myself in a
> position where I destroy my system will ill timed changes I may not have
> the technical abilities to perform.

The debate over ext3 vs. XFS has started to appear akin to a religious
war, as some folks on this list swear by ext3, others love XFS (myself
amongst them).  All i can note is that there are quite a few who have
reported problems with ext3, yet i'm not aware of anyone experiencing
problems with XFS.

If you're concerned over software being ready for primetime, then you have
no business running RH8, since its hardly what most folks would consider a
stable release.  Redhat's .0 releases have always been notoriously buggy.

I use XFS on *all* of my workstations & servers, and have never had a
single problem.  The future release of the 2.6.x kernel shouldnt' have any
bearing on that

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